SP2 Boot Screens

[almulder]

Is anyone haveing problems with custom boot screens with SP2 installed? I have been downloading several boot screens but they are not working. I have set them but they don't work. Also what program should I use to edit the boot screens. I have tryed bootedit but no go they dont work.

Any help?

[ceerp]

Normally bootscreen editors come at the cost of a licence or else the trial versions leave logos in the corner of the boot screen.

Have you checked from the download site that the bootscreens are for SP2? SP1 ntoskrnl.exe don't work.

You could try to make them yourself. Use the files you have and use ResHacker to extract the bitmap (which may look entirely black). Then use Photoshop or something to find out the pallet for the indixed bitmap. Then you have to do some tinkering with Hex values in your original ntoskrnl.exe to load in the pallet. Sounds confusing and it is the first time but it's not too bad. There are some good guides on this site and on others. It's been ages since I did mine so I can't remember all the details.

First thing though is to find some SP2 files. Just try any SP2 files to prove to yourself that the world is still rotating!

[Sarge]

http://unattended.msfn.org/advanced/cosmetics/bootscreen.htm - right here helps